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CETconnect - Proud PartnersAbout Taft Museum of ArtThe Taft Museum of Art is known as one of the finest small art museums in America. A National Historic Landmark built in about 1820, the Taft is home to an extensive art collection that includes European and American master paintings; Chinese porcelains; and European decorative arts. Taft Christmas with Frank LoomisAntiques expert Frank Loomis takes viewers on a tour of the majestic Taft Museum at Christmas time. Loomis shows many antiques and antique reproductions related to the holiday season, allowing viewers to see how the holidays would have been celebrated in the late 1800s. He describes in great detail the different types of Victorian age artificial feather Christmas trees and the many different types of ornaments made from as many diverse and exotic materials as the countries around the world from which they come. Loomis especially draws attention to the Dresden embossed cardboard ornaments named for the German city from which the originated. Loomis draws viewer's attention to the toys, and candy tins surrounding each tree as well as the little fences used to decorate the base of the trees in lieu of tree skirts, to give viewers a better understanding of a Victorian era Christmas. CET Arts AcademyEducator Heather Jones, talks about what she has learned in June at the CET Arts Academy: how to integrate the arts across the curriculum to enhance learning in any subject area. Eric McCauley LeeAre you interested in Cincinnati arts? Get to know Eric McCauley Lee, the new Director at the Taft Museum of Art. Focus - Cincinnati Art Museum's Upcoming ExhibitionsLocated in scenic Eden Park, the Cincinnati Art Museum features an unparalleled art collection of more than 60,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to displaying its own broad collections, the Art Museum also hosts several national and international traveling exhibitions each year. Focus - Contemporary Arts Center's Upcoming ExhibitionsFor more than 65 years, the CAC has been a forum for progressive art and ideas serving the city of Cincinnati and the region. It has featured the works of Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Nam June Paik, I.M. Pei, Laurie Anderson and, most famously, Robert Mapplethorpe. The CAC is a non-collecting institution that displays the art of the last five minutes. FOCUS - The Taft Museum of Art's Upcoming ExhibitionsThe Taft Museum of Art is known as one of the finest small art museums in America. A National Historic Landmark built in about 1820, the Taft is home to an extensive art collection that includes European and American master paintings; Chinese porcelains; and European decorative arts. Taft Museum of ArtBuilt around 1820, the structure originally was the home of prominent Cincinnatians, including Nicholas Longworth and Charles Phelps Taft. In 1927 the Tafts bequeathed their house and collections to the people of Cincinnati with the stipulation that the residence would become a public museum. |
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